Who Is More Prone to Recurrent UTIs? Bladder Bacteria May Be Key (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Dallas

Who Is More Prone to Recurrent UTIs? Bladder Bacteria May Be Key

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Dr. Nicole De Nisco (left), assistant professor of biological sciences at The University of Texas at Dallas, and members of her lab, including postdoctoral fellow Michael Neugent BS’13, MS’19, PhD’20 (right), study the bacteria involved in recurrent urinary tract infections in postmenopausal women. De Nisco, Neugent, Vivian H. Nguyen BS’20 (back left) and Amber Nguyen BS’20 were part of a research team that discovered how estrogen may help reduce the risk of a recurrent infection.

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